Leyster's Collection (updated 13/09/24)

[Leyster]

@Shonisaurus thank you!

S @SidB well, even if it's a nomen dubium (not certain about this, Paleobiology Database lists it so) it remains truly an impressive generic titanosaur, it might be worth triying to locate it anyway. As I noted in the review, it's a perfect stand in for a large titanosaur.

Binomial name: Dimetrodon grandis (Romer & Price, 1940)
Classification: Eupelycosauria->Sphenacodontia->Sphenacodontoidea->Spenacodontidae->Sphenacodontinae
Time: Kungurian (Early Permian)
Formation: Clear Fork Group of the Arroyo Formation, Garber Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2001
Sculptor: Takashi Kinoshita
Scale: 1:40 for UCRC 1002

[SidB]

Thanks for the counsel, L @Leyster . I remember back several years ago that a member was selling it for 50 USD. Wish I'd snapped it up then, because now it's become very expensive and hard to get.

[Leyster]

S @SidB I guess we all regret not buying it from acro-man when he had it available. I bought mine for twice that price, and still consider myself lucky 

[SidB]

S @SidB I guess we all regret not buying it from acro-man when he had it available. I bought mine for twice that price, and still consider myself lucky 

At that time I'd  convinced myself that I didn't want any PNSO's. Wow, was I mistaken!

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Tianyulong confuciusi Zheng et al., 2009
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Heterodontosauridae*
Time: exact level unknown, so Bathonian-Oxfordian (Middle Jurassic) for all the formation
Formation: Tiaojishan Formation(present-day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:4,5 based on skull lenght

*some place Heterodontosaurids at the base of Marginocephalia

It probably should be a lot more fluffier than this (considering an unpubblished specimen of which beautiful photos exist), and hand are pronated... but who cares, it's the only good Heterodontosaurid I know of.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

The Tianyulong is a great one, one of my favourites of all figures, partly because, as you say, its the only good Heterodontosaurid toy. Unless you are a fan of the beautiful Inpro Heterodontosaurus of course...

[Leyster]

@Gothmog the Baryonyx I wouldn't say no to a fluffier version of an heterodontosaur, tho

Binomial name: Triceratops horridus Marsh, 1889
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Marginocephalia->Ceratopsia->Neoceratopsia->Coronosauria->Ceratopsoidea->Ceratopsidae->Chasmosaurinae->Triceratopsini
Time: Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Evanston Formation, Laramie Formation, Lance Formation, Hell Creek Formation (present-day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2017
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:24 based on the "Kelsey" specimen on which the model is based on.


I always liked the active pose of this model. Plus the horn lenght and quills remember me of some much beloved Cheung Chung Tat artworks.

[Shonisaurus]

Beautiful photographs, honestly, and I am going to comment on it here. I like this Doyle triceratops better than its successor made this year. I see the more natural articulated jaw, although logically the current Doyle triceratops is more scientific. However, I like it much more. its old version is much more interesting in figure color, sculpture, details and above all it has a magnificent base that the current PNSO triceratops does not have:

[SidB]

Beautiful photographs, honestly, and I am going to comment on it here. I like this Doyle triceratops better than its successor made this year. I see the more natural articulated jaw, although logically the current Doyle triceratops is more scientific. However, I like it much more. its old version is much more interesting in figure color, sculpture, details and above all it has a magnificent base that the current PNSO triceratops does not have:

@Shonisaurus , I've got to agree with everything that you've said. I have both and despite the superior accuracy of Doyle 2 (jaw articulation aside), Doyle 1 displays better.

[Leyster]

S @SidB @Shonisaurus I agree with both, Doyle v1 is a more interesting presence than its successor.

Binomial name: Confuciusornis sanctus Hou, Zhou, Gu and Zhang, 1995
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Maniraptoromorpha->Neocoelurosauria->Maniraptoriformes->Maniraptora->Pennaraptora->Paraves->Eumaniraptora->Avialae->Pygostylia->Confuciusornithidae
Time: Barremian-Aptian (early Cretaceous)
Formation: Jianshangou Beds of Yixian Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:3 for IVPP V10918

Another great mini of a rarely made genus.

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Diplocaulus magnicornis Cope, 1882
Classification: Lepospondyli->Holospondyli->Nectridea->Diplocaulidae
Time: Kungurian (Early Permian)
Formation: Arroyo Formation (present-day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2001
Sculptor: Seiji Yamamoto?
Scale: 1:10

After Dimetrodon, probably the most iconic Permian animal.

And here you can read my review of the Vitae Sinraptor, with some never-before-seen pictures courtesy of Cheung Chung Tat himself!

[Halichoeres]

I dream of Kaiyodo releasing a new Diplocaulus in a swimming pose with the soft-tissue hydrofoils anchored by the head.

[Leyster]

@Halichoeres that would be so nice! Maybe with a base like the "Leaps in Evolution" set, to make it more displayable. Swimming figures are hard to appreciate when they lie flat on the bottom of the shelf...

Binomial name: Miragaia longicollum Mateus et al., 2009
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Stegosauria->Stegosauridae->Dacentrurinae
Time: Kimmeridgian/Tithonian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Praia Azul Member of the Lourinhã Formation (present-day Portugal)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2021
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:27 for MG4863

[Shonisaurus]

Magnificent figure the Miragaia sincerely I like its series of spikes so showy and beautiful but sincerely I prefer the figure of Safari/Carnegie by far it is for me the most beautiful figure, perhaps not so scientific but for me it is the most attractive figure.

[Leyster]

@Shonisaurus I agree, the Carnegie has surely a more striking paintjob. Plus I'm not entirely sure how likely is the use of Gigantspinosaurus skin impressions for Miragaia, but stegosaur taxonomy is a mess anyway.

Binomial name: Sinosauropteryx prima Ji & Ji 1996
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria?->Compsognathidae?*
Time: Barremian-Aptian (early Cretaceous)
Formation: Jianshangou Beds and Dawangzhangzi Beds of the Yixian Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:6 for NIGP 127587

*this, if Compsognathidae ever exists

I still hope to get the Kaiyodo in the future, what lacks in accuracy it has in grace.

[Leyster]

*flopping chicken noises*

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

Lovely figures again. The Sinosauropteryx is one of my favourite PNSO minis and the Miragaia one of my favourite regular line.

I recently put my mini Safari Beipiaosaurus next to my PNSO Yutyrannus as well. No chicken noises here though lol

[Shonisaurus]

Nice photo, the PNSO yutyrannus is an exotic figure, that fluffy plumage is exceptional, it reminds me of the mythological figure of the faun, as I have already commented many times on that figure. It is a very nice theropod.

[Halichoeres]

I slightly prefer the PNSO Sinosauropteryx because they got closer on the coloration, but that's one of those I wouldn't mind Kaiyodo revisiting as a CapsuleQ figure one day.

[Concavenator]

L @Leyster read your entry on the Vitae Majungasaurus and I was wondering...how accurate is Wild Past's upcoming version? Myself, can't really tell if it has the "sausage" look as well. At least it looks stockier.